Re: Vjatjackwa (the result of all those sound changes!)

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> At 20:37 12.12.2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >The project this could go into is a Dwarven language, belonging to the same
> >coniverse as Meghean and Yargish, for which I'm currently collecting ideas.
> I
> >was thinking to do it clairvoyant with obligatory theme and rheme marking,
> but
> >this may turn out to be even more nifty (read 'bizarre').
>
> Couldn't it go into Maghean itself?  Theirs seems
> to be a stratified society, or is it not stratified
> enogh?
It's a pretty stratified society, indeed. But case roles are already indicated
by the accusative ending and the different subject and object forms of the
pronouns; there's no need for an animacy hierarchy.

It's, BTW, spelt "Meghean", with an "e" in the first syllable.

                                                           Andreas